own

/oʊn/verb, adjective1 syllable

Own means: have ownership or possession of.

Synonyms for own5

verb, as in have ownership or possession of

have, possess, feature

adjective, as in belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself); preceded by a possessive

What does own mean?2

verb

1

have ownership or possession of“He owns three houses in Florida”

adjective

1

belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself); preceded by a possessive“for your own use”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with own?35

one syllable

known phone shown stone zone loan grown tone bone thrown blown throne drone prone lone mon cone flown clone

two syllables

alone unknown leone cologne cyclone

Show 40 near rhymes

so no know go mostthosehome both old show told though whole hope oh post ago control close lowalthoughroad shows goes co hold gold role vote code knows goal below note wrote growth cold sold coach goals

All 35 rhymes for own, grouped by syllable

Own in a sentence

All right, do it your own way, but don't blame me if you fail.CK
Come what may, you should go your own way.AlanF_US
I'd rather have a room of my own, however small it may be.Dejo
Even if you have your own way, you will not always be successful.CM
That's a job of your own choosing, isn't it?CM
Nobody likes him, because he is always blowing his own horn.CM
Having fed the dog, he sat down to his own dinner.sundown
We didn't help him, so he did it off his own bat.NoahAB

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Forms of own

as a verb

past tense: owned
present participle: owning
third-person singular: owns